Monty and the Mushrooms

A marmot’s peace and quiet gets disturbed by noisy mushroom neighbors in this delightfully zany picture book perfect for fans of Unicorns Are the Worst! and Dragons Love Tacos!

Everyone knows mushrooms are the loudest creatures in the forest. They’re why worms go underground and birds have wings—to get away from the noise!

Everyone also knows marmots love quiet, especially irritable ones like Monty. All is well until he gets boisterous, cheerful, mushroom neighbors, with their endless mushroom jokes, mushroom poetry, and mushroom songs. What’s a marmot to do?

Dev Petty is the author of many books for kids, including I Don’t Want to Be a Frog, Don’t Eat Bees (Life Lessons from Chip the Dog), Claymates, Monty and the Mushrooms, Berry and the Mushrooms, and How Old Is Mr. Tortoise?. She used to be a film effects artist but now writes silly books for kids and their people. She lives in Berkeley, her hometown, with her family, dogs, cats, and a snake named Boots. You can visit Dev online at DevPetty.com.

Jared Chapman is the author-illustrator of the popular books Vegetables in Underwear and Fruits in Suits, as well as Steve, Raised by Wolves and Pirate, Viking & Scientist. He is also the illustrator of Wordplay by Adam Lehrhaupt, Monty and the Mushrooms and Berry and the Mushrooms by Dev Petty, and several other picture books. Jared was born in Louisiana, grew up in Texas, went to college in Georgia, and now calls the piney woods of northeast Texas his home. Visit him at JaredChapman.com.

ISBN: 9781665932592
Format: Hardback
Pages: 40
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Published: March 18, 2025

"This hits the same playful edginess of Klassen’s works, so when youngsters have read and reread I Want My Hat Back (BCCB 11/11), point them here.""The comic timing of Petty (Elmore the Christmas Moose) [is] impeccable, and digital goofy cartooning by Chapman (Seals Are Jerks!) aptly captures the barely contained chaos of a forest on the brink.""The rhyming song that the mushrooms sing is an especially funny touch, and readers will cheer as the fungi get their comeuppance at last.

Certain to deliver giggles aplenty."